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Computing

Google To Sell Chrome Laptops To Students For $US20 Per Month?

Good news if you are a student who wants a Chrome OS laptop and missed out on the free Cr-48. Google may announce a purchase plan that lets you buy a Chrome OS laptop for $US20 per month.

May 2, 2011
Geek Out

Engineering Students. Big Budget. One Year. The Perfect Bicycle?

Voila! UPenn’s super-sophisticated uber-bike. Five kids. Substantial funding and sponsorship dollars. Free reign to eliminate clunks gears and cables. It’s called Alpha.

April 5, 2011
Computing

Professor Arrested For Shutting Student’s Laptop In Class

Frank Rybicki is an assistant professor in the Mass Media department at Valdosta State University. Last week, he was arrested for his behaviour in class. For assault. What heinous crime led to his jailing?

March 3, 2011
News

Teacher Made Student Play ‘Strip Video Games’ At His House

Larry David Twigg, a 53-year-old computer teacher from Waterloo, Iowa, was recently arrested for having a 17-year old student of his play “strip video games”, take a “chocolate syrup shower” and make a snow angel in his boxers.

March 1, 2011
Online

Fake College Copies Real College Website To Steal Money From Students

University of Redwood’s school website had beautiful pictures of their campus and even a faculty directory. Too bad the college wasn’t real. Turns out the website stole all of its content from Reed College and scammed prospective students out of application fees.

February 12, 2011
Cameras

Pervy Prof Taped Students In Bathroom

A Colby College professor has resigned after he confessed to secretly videotaping female students in a bathroom while they were on a class trip. But since his pervy activities took place in China, he may not be charged with a crime.

February 10, 2011
Geek Out

A Never-Ending Viewing Platform Nestled In The Swiss Alps

If you’re a student at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, you don’t just go outside and look at the Swiss Alps – you build a continuous 720-degree spiral viewing platform out of which to view them.

December 18, 2010
Geek Out

Depresing Newz: Spelcheking During Exams Now OoKay

Hey, here’s a thing that’s suddenly not cheating anymore: using a computer spell checker on school writing exams. This week’s top head-shaking sign of the times is courtesy of Oregon, now condoning the practice for middle and high schoolers.

December 14, 2010

Would You Ride This Crazy Student-Made Roller Coaster?

The Reverse Cowgirl, designed by university students, “dropped its riders vertically, then turned them face down as they skimmed 2 feet above the ground, face down and strapped with their backs to the cart”. Suddenly Six Flags seems so safe.

November 29, 2010
Mobile

When Class Bores, Texting Soars And Professors Roar

Move over doodling, there’s a new time-waster in town. Texting. Perhaps you’ve heard of it? If you’re a college student you’ve definitely heard of it, as 90% of all students have copped to doing it during class. Professors are mad!

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